Six Flags Great Adventure announces Total Mayhem roller coaster

Six Flags officials announced that the theme park would welcome its "most unique" and "most insane" coaster in its history in 2016. Total Mayhem – a 4-D, free-fly coaster – will lift riders straight up a 12-story, 90-degree hill before flipping them head-over-heels at least six times along a weightless journey.

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ApolloAndy

Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:18 AM

To continue the conversation in the other thread:I want down to SFFT last weekend and wasn't super impressed with Batman. The capacity wasn't terrible (they can load 2 trains at a time for 16 riders per cycle) and since each op only has 8 seats to check (4 per side x 2 trains) the dispatches are pretty quick. It's not great, but it's not horrible.

I don't know why more X-style 4D's haven't popped up (programmed rotation)...maybe too expensive, but I can see why the ball coaster/freefly coasters aren't "the newest big thing." The ride length is short, the motion got repetitive even in the short amount of time, and the capacity isn't great. The only thing going for it is the small footprint and the (I assume) lower cost.

Tekwardo

Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:24 AM

ApolloAndy said:The capacity wasn't terrible (they can load 2 trains at a time for 16 riders per cycle) and since each op only has 8 seats to check (4 per side x 2 trains) the dispatches are pretty quick. It's not great, but it's not horrible.

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rollergator

Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:40 PM

I still say these aren't 4-D rides. The fourth dimension requires length, width, height, and "something else" (music, fire, bubbles, spinning, flipping). Since these rides are missing the width component, the spinning just adds a different THIRD dimension.

bjames

Thursday, September 3, 2015 4:28 PM

Back on topic, this seems like a big wasted opportunity for Gadv. They clear all that space....for this tiny third-rate coaster that fits better on a carnival midway. I'd almost prefer they announced nothing and just decided to clean up the place, do some landscaping, and remove all the concrete pads from rides long gone.

ApolloAndy

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Bakeman31092

Friday, September 4, 2015 7:51 AM

rollergator said:

I still say these aren't 4-D rides. The fourth dimension requires length, width, height, and "something else" (music, fire, bubbles, spinning, flipping). Since these rides are missing the width component, the spinning just adds a different THIRD dimension.

Or am I just being picky?

I agree gator. In fact, you could almost make the argument that this is a 2D coast. While most coasters pitch up and down, turn left and right and roll (with a spinning axis making the 4th dimension), this one stays in the same plane with no twist in the track. All you have is pitch and a spinning axis.

In fact, since the pitch axis and the rotation axis are in the same direction, you could say that this is a 1D coaster! Maybe it doesn't exist at all!

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LostKause

Saturday, September 5, 2015 12:57 AM

There is a fifth dimension, sixth dimension, and beyond, from what I've recall about the subject, and we just can't comprehend it with our tiny little 3D (or 4D, depending on if you think time is the fourth) minds.